Private Green Bin

As part of our Recycling 2.0 service, residents now dispose of their food and garden waste in their bins with light green lids (120-litre or 240-litre) that display the Hobsons Bay City Council logo on the front. This service is collected weekly.

However, before Recycling 2.0 started, some of our residents were using an old style, ‘private’ 240-litre bin for their green/garden waste collection service. These bins had dark green lids and light green stickers on the front panel, like the one pictured.

Council is no longer collecting food and garden waste from the old style, private 240L green/garden waste bins in our kerbside collection service.

You’ll need to switch over to using your new food and garden waste bins with a light green lid that we’ve supplied to households.

Please note this does NOT refer to your 120-litre rubbish bins that are collected fortnightly, which coincidentally, also have dark green lids. Rubbish bins with the Council logo on the front are still being collected as normal.

Only Council-provided bins, issued for Recycling 2.0, will be emptied. This helps the right truck empty the right bin every time.

Do you no longer have use for your private green waste bin? We’ll pick it up.

Please contact Council for retrieval on 9932 1000. All Council bins, including old private green bins that are damaged or can’t be easily repaired, are recycled by our local contractor. Their plastic is processed and used to make new bins.

Does your private green waste bin need one last empty before you repurpose it? We’ll come empty it.

These old bins are yours to keep if you wish. They can be good for storing garden tools or repurposed into worm farms. To arrange one final collection, please contact Council on 9932 1000.

Don’t have a light green lidded food and garden waste bin? We’ll deliver it.

Please contact Council to receive your 120-litre food and garden waste bin on 9932 1000.

Do you want to upsize your food and garden waste bin?

Click here to change the size of your food and garden waste bin (light-green lid) from 120-litre to 240-litre. There is an added annual charge for larger and additional bins.

If you have a larger food and garden waste bin, you can also choose to downsize to the 120-litre size.

In future, dark green lidded rubbish bins, will transition to red lids. This is part of the state government's ‘Transforming Recycling in Victoria’ initiative.

Click here for more information on your food and garden waste bin.

For more information about Recycling 2.0, visit: www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Recycling